Ivan Benak

pučki pjesnik · folk poet  ·  Sopje 1933. – Valpovo 2015.Sopje 1933 – Valpovo 2015

Jednog dana mi reče,kritičar strog i ljut,da pjesme ne pišem više,da pero bacim u kut.

One day a critic told me,with a stern and angry look,that I should write poems no moreand throw my pen in a nook.

Meni kad želje se jave,k'o jesenje guste kiše,u ruci pero se nađei samo pjesme piše.

But when my longings gatherlike autumn's heavy rain,a pen turns up in my handand just writes poems again.

Valpovo, 1982.

Valpovo, 1982